Appying canvas to wainscot boards

[lrrowe]

I have a question from you TD builders who use canvas applications.

In my CT conversion I want to use thin planks such as these wainscot boards:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_304510-17587-PN ... Id=3056263
on my side walls. The catch is that I do not to lose any more interior width I then I have to, so I have this idea to glue the boards in a 45degree angle and coat the back side with the canvas and glue approach TD'rs are using. This would be done on a work bench.
My thinking is that if it works, I would have a 4x6 ft wall paneling piece that I could handle like a piece of luan and secure it to the trailer uprights.

Am I biting of more then I should for one who has never worked with canvas before. Fiberglass yes, canvas no.

[rowerwet]

It can be done, but not quickly. you will need to work with small sections and make sure each part is glued firmly, before you go to the next. The fabric will also fight you, as the glue dries it tends to shrink the fabric, any sort of texture to the wood, and the fabric will try to lift off. making sure the fabric is well stuck in the seams and valleys is key.
Once the TBII is stuck it will tear off the top layer of wood if you try to remove it. lay glue into the tounge and groove coves and it will become like a board the way you want.
I think beadboard might be much easier, unless you really want the T&G look.

[lrrowe]

I want the tongue and grove look. And the more I thought about it, the more I came to a similar conclusion about the complexity.

I think my solution is to use the thinest paneling I can get for the backing, maybe luan.